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Quadruplet Pet Weight

975BeginnerCombinatoricsAlgebra

AMC 8 · 2013 · Problem 5

Hammie is in the $6^\text{th}$ grade and weighs 106 pounds. Her quadruplet sisters are tiny babies and weigh 5, 5, 6, and 8 pounds. Which is greater, the average (mean) weight of these five children or the median weight, and by how many pounds?

Answer choices

A
\text{median, by 60}
B
\text{median, by 20}
C
\text{average, by 5}
D
\text{average, by 15}
E
\text{average, by 20}
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